A national organization of laboratory physicians with educational and scientific goals
What is CAP (Canadian Association of Pathologists)
100
Intentional act causing immediate harmful or offensive bodily contact
What is Assault
100
Direct interference with the body of another that is either harmful or offensive
What is Battery
100
The actions necessary to provide adequate confidence that laboratory services will satisfy given medical needs for patient care
What is Quality Assurance (QA)
100
Passing a certification exam set by a government legislated regulatory college
What is Licensure
200
Program that sets standards and issues certificates for clinical laboratory testing
What is Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA)
200
The ability to be skilled at your employment
What is competence
200
Failure to act or perform duties according to the standards of the profession
What is negligence
200
Quality assurance program included to verify that the test is working properly
What is Quality Control (QC)
200
Laws that set a deadline for filing a law suit
What is the Statute of Limitations
300
Promotes the development and use of laboratory standards and guidelines within the healthcare community
What is Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI)
300
An infraction, violation or failure to perform
What is a Breach
300
Improper or unskillful care of a patient by a member of the health care team
What is Malpractice
300
Program for quality care (also known as proficiency testing).
What is Quality Assessment
300
A wrongful act that results in injury to another person, property, reputation, and for which the injured party is entitled to compensation
What is Tort
400
Organization that evaluates health care organizations
Quality Improvement Ideas
What is Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organization (JCAHO)
400
A false representation of a matter
What is Fraud
400
The right that all individuals have to prevent information about them from being disclosed to unauthorized individuals
What is Privacy
400
Trying to produce the same test results
What is precision
400
Holds one person liable for the actions of another when engaged in some form of joint or collective activity
What is Vicarious liability
500
Agency that approves educational programs in the clinical laboratory services
What is National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences (NAACLS)
500
A system used to test quality by comparing previous tests results to current test results of the same patient
What is a Delta Check
500
A form of consent which is not expressly granted by a person, but rather inferred from a person's situation or circumstances
What is Implied Consent
500
Identifies/monitors important aspects of patient care
What is QA Indicator
500
Give 3 examples of the pre-examination process
Collection of the specimen
Labeling the specimen
Transporting the specimen
Applying antiseptic to the skin before venepuncture
Processing the specimen
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